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Friday, February 22, 2013

THE 37th Cleveland International Film Festival presented by Dollar Bank to open with 'Toy's House'

[Press release from the Cleveland International Film Festival.]

The 37th
Cleveland International Film Festival, presented by Dollar Bank, is
proud to announce that its Opening Night film on Wednesday, April 3,
2013 will be
TOY’S HOUSE. This CBS Films release, which was filmed in Greater
Cleveland last summer, is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and produced
by Chagrin Falls native Tyler Davidson, along with
Peter Saraf, and John Hodges; with Chris Galletta as screenwriter.
CBS Films acquired the film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

The film
is a unique coming-of-age story about three teenagers who, in the
ultimate act
of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the
woods. Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly
becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact
that family - whether it is the one you’re born
into or the one you create – is something you can't run away from.

Opening Night of the 37th CIFF is sponsored by The George Gund Foundation in loving memory of George Gund III
(1937-2013) – father, husband, philanthropist, hockey lover, film enthusiast, and a CIFF founding board member.

Tickets
to the Opening Night Gala are $125 per person ($100 for CIFF members).
The Gala includes the film at 7:00 p.m. at Tower City Cinemas, followed
by a
TOY’S HOUSE party and celebration of the life of George Gund III
at 9:00 p.m. at MK Ferguson Plaza in Tower City Center. Special guests
TBA.

For more information on the 330+ films that will be shown between Opening Night and Closing Night of the 37th CIFF, log on to
www.clevelandfilm.org beginning Friday, March 1st. Tickets go on sale to CIFF
members only on Friday, March 15th and to the general public on Friday, March 22nd. Ticket prices for films are $12 for CIFF members and $14 for non-members. Tickets will be available online at
www.clevelandfilm.org,
by telephone (1.877.304.FILM), in person at the Ulmer & Berne Film
Festival Box Office in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas, or by mail
using the Program Guide order form. Program Guides will be available
throughout the region, including all Dollar Bank locations, the week of
March 11th.

CBS
Films is a division of CBS Corporation. The division develops,
finances, acquires, produces, and releases theatrical feature films
spanning all genres. For more information,
log on towww.cbsfilms.com.

The
Cleveland International Film Festival is supported in part by the
residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts
& Culture.